mishuk
18.01.06, 03:24
It's the Demography, Stupid
The real reason the West is in danger of extinction.
BY MARK STEYN
Wednesday, January 4, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST
Most people reading this have strong stomachs, so let me lay it out as baldly
as I can: Much of what we loosely call the Western world will not survive
this century, and much of it will effectively disappear within our lifetimes,
including many if not most Western European countries. There'll probably
still be a geographical area on the map marked as Italy or the Netherlands--
probably--just as in Istanbul there's still a building called St. Sophia's
Cathedral. But it's not a cathedral; it's merely a designation for a piece of
real estate. Likewise, Italy and the Netherlands will merely be designations
for real estate. The challenge for those who reckon Western civilization is
on balance better than the alternatives is to figure out a way to save at
least some parts of the West...
Read the rest:
www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007760
